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How to Decide Better
9 things to help you make better decisions: 1. Raise you awareness 2. Take your emotional temperature 3. Zoom out 4. Take the other party’s point of view 5. Question your bonds 6. Check your reference...
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You Need Brains for This
Brain Rules: 12 things we know about how the brain works: 1. Exercise boosts brain power 2. The brain is a survival organ. It is designed to solve problems related to surviving in an unstable outdoor...
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WRAP Up Your Choices
How to make better choices (WRAP it): 1. Widen your options 2. Reality-test your assumptions 3. Attain distance before deciding 4. Prepare to be wrong (Farnam Street) Finance Stuff: Cyprus salvaged...
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What Would You Tell Your Best Friend?
A decision-making magic trick: “What would you advise your best friend to do if they were in your situation?” (Farnam Street) Finance Stuff: Size matters: The source of the small-cap premium (Above...
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You Should Instantly Read This Because It’s New
The psychology of language: Why are some words more persuasive than others? - talk no longer than 30 seconds in a given conversation – avoid adjectives – ask the 5Ws questions – removing ‘is’ from...
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How Should I Make This a Better Blog?
The best way to influence others? Ask for their advice (Eric Barker) Finance Stuff: [Infographic] Cyprus bailout: A major game changer? (Saxo Capital Markets); and Did Putin sink Cyprus (NYT) Africa...
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How to Make ‘My Bad’ Good
How to learn from mistakes: 1. Take time to ponder your mistake. See your mistake for what it is and approach it from a problem-solving perspective 2. Fully understand what went wrong and how the...
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Look at Logic and Subconsciousness When Making Decisions
A two-step process for making effective decisions: (1) what are the factors that really govern the interests involved, rationally considered? (2) what are the subconscious influences where the brain...
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Have an Opinion; But You Need to Know the Opposite View
The work required to have an opinion: “You’re not entitled to take a view, unless and until you can argue better against that view than the smartest guy who holds that opposite view. If you can argue...
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Make a Decision. Quick.
5 tips for lightning-fast decision making: 1. The 2 minute rule 2. Think black and white 3. Put it in a hat 4. Focus on the present 5. Embrace the idea of failure (Life Hack) Finance Stuff: “We want...
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